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Mahindra Mahindra Takes Majority Stake in REVA Electric Car Co.

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equity in Mahindra REVA via a combination of equity purchase from the promoters and a fresh equity infusion of over Rs 45 crores (approx US $10 million) into the company. Its REVA electric vehicle was first commercially available in Bangalore in 2001 and in London in 2004, under the G-Wiz brand. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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e-Golf customers can drive the vehicle confidently, knowing Volkswagen is addressing the vehicle’s environmental impacts through many stages of its lifecycle from production, distribution and charging. TCF acquired the 23,780-acre tract in 2004 for $18 million ($10 million California Coastal Conservancy, $3.5 Click to enlarge.

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Story of TESLA Motors: Beginning, Fight, Survival, and Success

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The image and common impression of Electric vehicles were re-written by the introduction of the Tesla Roadster in the year of 2008. Though the Roadster was not that much of a success as expected, owing to the huge charging time it still had along with a few other reasons Roaster really perception of an electric vehicle among the public.

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We visited Tata Motor's electric car factory

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There is also some hope from Mahindra’s re-entry. The crash test facility was put up in 2004 – and off late, TML is taking the crash business very seriously – making safer cars – that have started denting Suzuki’s relatively light and fuel efficient cars. These cameras typically shoot 1000 frames a second.

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